St. Kilda Wins A Grade Band Title
[Special to “Northern Advocate”. .l WELLINGTON 1 ; This Day. Au audience that filled the Wellington Town Hall last night heard the St. Kilda Municipal Band (Dunedin) win the A Grade championship in the N.Z. Centennial Brass Band contest. Tirnaru Municipal was adjudged second and Port Nicholson and Wanganui Garrison tied for third. The first test was played by Eight A Grade bands on Tuesday night, and was a selection from Beethoven’s works by W. Rimmer, and last night they played a selection from Tschaikowsky, arranged by Rimmer. Results were:—St. Kilda Municipal: First test 143, second test 136; total 279. Tirnaru Municipal: 139, 139; 278. Port Nicholson: 135, 141; 276; Wanganui Garrison: 128, 148; 276. *Woolston: 125, 135; 26G; Auckland Artillery: 131, 127; 258. Queen Alexandra: 123, 120; 243. Invercargill Civic: 126, 110; 236. Quartettes, Hymn to Music. —St. Kilda Municipal No. 2, 87 points, 1; Wellington Municipal Tramways, 85 points, 2; Woolston No. 2, 82 points, 3. '
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Northern Advocate, 24 February 1940, Page 2
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